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...rumors that Stalin had died aboard a Red warship in the Black Sea. Vienna gossips said he was a victim of illnesses ranging from blood poisoning to cancer. The French radio at Brazzaville broadcast a Soviet Embassy denial. Washington and London half-believed that something had happened to the Generalissimo. Russian troops in Germany, Austria and the Balkans were said to be restive. Many U.S. newspapers prepared obituaries...
However hale & hearty Stalin may have looked last week, he is not in good shape. On Dec. 31, the Generalissimo, Premier and Dictator of the Soviet Union will be 66. He has a liver complaint. Like his late friend Mr. Roosevelt, he suffers from recurrent colds. At least one responsible U.S. official who saw much of him at Potsdam got the impression that Stalin's heart was shaky...
After two and a half years of elaborate preparation, Generalissimo Francisco Franco last week put a Bill of Rights for Spaniards on display. In democratic eyes, it seemed hardly worth the trouble. The bill ostensibly guaranteed equality under the law, sanctity of the home, life, liberty and property. But each liberty was tied to a legalistic string, each right offset by a duty. The six most important articles could be canceled by the Government at will...
...keep control of that strategic region after the Russians moved out. Clearly the Communists were on the defensive as the Central Government moved to re-establish its authority north of the Yangtze. Their alarums amounted to a final plea to the U.S. to save them by ceasing to help Generalissimo Chiang regain all China...
October. With Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek remaining in Chungking, the principal actor in the field is General Ho Ying-chin, commander of all Chinese field forces. U.S. Major General Robert B. McClure, who is in charge of the training program of the Chinese divisions, gave Ho full marks for cooperation and knowledge of his job. "Ho's right on the ball," said General McClure this week, clasping him around the shoulders in a gesture more understandable to Chinese-speaking Ho than McClure's American idiom...